Humor Quote by Horace Walpole

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

— Francis Bacon

Imagination is a quality that was given to man compensate him from whats not. The sense of humor was given to console him from…

— Oscar Wilde

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not. A sense of humour was provided to console him for what…

— Horace Walpole

Imagination offers people consolation for what they cannot be, and humor for what they actually are.

— Albert Camus

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him…

— D. H. Lawrence

If man had more of a sense of humor, things might have turned out differently

— Stanislaw Lem

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of mans superiority to all that befalls him.

— Romain Gary

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

— Romain Gary

God had a sense of humor, a style of his own.

— Jack Murphy

“Humour is meant, in a literal sense, to make game of man; that is, to dethrone him from his official dignity and hunt him…

— Anonymous

What is it that strikes a spark of humor from a man? It is the effort to throw off, to fight back the burden…

— Mark Twain

After God created the world, He made man and woman. Then, to keep the whole thing from collapsing, He invented humor.

— Anonymous